JLPT N2 · 7 strokes
Kanji 坂: "slope, incline, hill"
The kanji 坂 means "slope, incline, hill". It is written with 7 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N2, read ハン in on'yomi and さか in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ハン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
さか
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | slope, incline, hill |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 7 |
| JLPT level | N2 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 3 |
| Frequency rank | 865 of 2,501 |
Common words with 坂
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 坂slope; incline; hill · milestone; (age) mark
- 坂道hill road
- 大坂place : Osaka
- 下り坂downhill; downward slope; descent · decline; waning; ebb; (going) downhill
- 上り坂ascent; uphill; upward slope · (gradual) upturn; increase
- 坂東Bandō; former name of the Kantō region
- 坂を下りるto go downhill; to go down a slope
- 急坂steep slope; steep hill
- 急な坂sudden drop; precipitous slope
- 坂本place : Sakamoto
- 逢坂place : Ousaka
- 登坂climbing a slope (hill); ascending a hill
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